Postal crimes are almost a daily event. These are the ones we found today
Houston man arrested, accused of stealing mail from North Texas church
A 38-year-old Houston man has been arrested and is facing multiple charges after an investigation into mail thefts at a North Texas church was reported.
Man who robbed USPS worker at gunpoint arrested six months later
The man that was caught robbing a USPS postal worker at gunpoint on camera was arrested by Memphis Police
Two men in Lancaster County are facing charges related to alleged check-washing schemes
Two separate incidents involved stolen checks from the mail
Terrell Sheriff investigating break-in at Bronwood post office – Albany Herald
The Terrell County Sheriff’s Office and the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General are investigating a break in at the post office in Bronwood.
I see a trend here, it seems the U.S. Postal Inspection Service is winning their war on mail theft. Que the self serving news opinion piece from Frank the Tank on how his 350 strong Postal Police need to be on Patrol to stem the tide of mail thefts across the US.
You are almost as stupid as USPIS. “If PPOs can’t prevent crime everywhere, they shouldn’t prevent it anywhere.” This logic collapses on its face. PPOs are not stationed in every postal facility — yet USPIS does not give that as a reason to eliminate facility security altogether. Crime prevention resources are always limited. The question is not whether PPOs can be everywhere, but whether they can be strategically deployed to where most of the postal-related crime is actually occurring. And right now, that crime is happening on specific letter carrier routes and known high-risk ZIP Codes — not inside postal buildings. Furthermore, targeted deterrence works. The “Koper Curve” shows that short, randomized patrols in high-crime areas significantly reduce crime. This is settled criminology. PPOs are already in those hot spots.
The Postal Service pays the USPIS to employ over 700 Postal Police Officers. USPIS should be thinking in terms of 700 federal police officers concentrated in just 21 cities — precisely where postal-related street crime is most severe — not as 700 officers scattered across the country.
Yet USPIS argues that deploying PPOs to protect letter carriers and deter mail theft is somehow “impractical.” By that logic, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service itself is an impracticality.
According to the OIG, only 37% of Postal Inspectors — roughly 440 investigators — are assigned to mail theft cases nationwide.7 Somehow, USPIS claims these 440 Inspectors can protect mail and carriers across all 50 states, but that 700 uniformed police officers in just 21 cities would be ineffective.